RE: [ActiveDir] Legal Question

[Stockbrugger, Brian L.]

Well I am no lawyer either but the disclaimer was attached at the request (directive) of our legal team.  They also came up with the content of the message.  I have not been following the specifics behind it but I was told (legal term – hearsay) that it was a direct result of some litigation and recent legislation here in CA.  Again I have no specifics but will do a little checking.  It also had something to do with showing due diligence since we are in public education and a lot of correspondence with parents, colleagues, and the state/feds happen via e-mail.  Educators have been known to not be the most technical bunch and are often sending email to the wrong person (not sure how the “intended recipient” falls into that like Deji points out).  However, the thought has been that if the recipient is clearly not the intended recipient that they do the right thing and delete the message instead of forwarding it on for some other gain.  There are a lot of people critical of public education that would love to get information on a student’s IEP and show the “tax payer’s money at work”.   Other than that it is just more overhead on our messaging environment as far as I am concerned causing our help desk to receive more calls about this both from the sender (confused because they never typed this in) or the recipient wondering if they should “keep” the message or not.  I do see more and more law firms and government agencies that we deal with that attach these disclaimers which is why we started doing it in the first place – monkey see, monkey do.   Brian From: joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 12:59 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Legal Question   Does anyone know if the disclaimer like the one below are actually legally binding on anyone? And if the answer is yes, has it ever really been tested in court? You don't have to agree to anything to read the email, you just look and by the point you see the disclaimer, it is too late, you have picked up the information in the note. The fact that you don't necessarily agree to it I think would mean you could forward it as you wish unless you worked for the company who stuck the disclaimer on the note in the first place. I think telling me I have to delete it if it doesn't pertain to me is like telling me I have to close my ears and forget anything I hear if a neighbor says something within my range and then says it can't be disclosed.     joe     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stockbrugger, Brian L. Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 3:45 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Creating user accounts, home folders and assigning permissions to user and groups I need to create about 3400 user accounts, create home folders and assign the appropriate user and group permissions to the home drives automagically.  We are using Windows Server 2003 and AD with a single domain.   I know how to create the user accounts and home folders but not sure the best approach to assign the permissions.  Any suggestions on doing all three or at least the permissions part.   Thanks - Brian     CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DISCLAIMER: This communication and any documents, files, or previous e-mail messages attached to it constitute an electronic communication within the scope of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 USCA 2510. This communication may contain non-public, confidential, or legally privileged information intended for the sole use of the designated recipient(s). The unlawful interception, use or disclosure of such information is strictly prohibited under 18 USCA 2511 and any applicable laws.   CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DISCLAIMER: This communication and any documents, files, or previous e-mail messages attached to it constitute an electronic communication within the scope of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 USCA 2510. This communication may contain non-public, confidential, or legally privileged information intended for the sole use of the designated recipient(s). The unlawful interception, use or disclosure of such information is strictly prohibited under 18 USCA 2511 and any applicable laws.